How do I import my hotmail contacts to icloud?

I read all of these and found a SOLUTION that works for me:

1. Export your contacts from hotmail as a cvs file to your desktop (or other easy to find place)
2. Open contacts on your MAC
3. Select File>Import and import that file

This did not work in iCloud, but I had no problems with this simply procedure on my computer. Assuming iCloud if functioning correctly with your phone and moving your hotmail contacts is the only issue (iOS up to date, iCloud and phone are communicating when you add or delete from one, etc.), this should work.

Additionally, I would recommend going into your iPhone settings>contacts and make iCloud your default account.

Hope this helps!

1 - Goto Hotmail.com or outlook.com

2 - Goto People hub

3 - Click 'Manage'- 'Export for Outlook.com and other services'

4 - Then Open the application 'Contacts' on your mac

5 - In Contacts app, click on 'File' then 'Import'

6 - Import file downloaded from People hub (In Point 3)

7- Sync Contacts with iPhone, iPad, Mac etc

Thankyou so much! Spent so long trying to figure out how to do it (at one stage was considering copytranscontacts but it doesn't work on Mac) and your way worked perfectly!

Thanks again 🙂

Hi - this worked like a charm, thank you so much. There was a slight hitch in that the mobile numbers had these two symbols in the middle: ' ' but I just removed them in iCloud and now all is well.

Thx again!

These instructions are straight forward. Extremely concise! With a few clicks my hotmail contacts are now in my Mac address book. Thank you so much! I've been online for a couple hours trying to move my hotmail contacts over (after realizing that in my iPhone hotmail was the default account for my contacts).

This was the only replay that actually answered the question and works with no strange workarounds. There were some funky characters in the phone numbers and other places but nothing that could not be fixed by opening the .cvs file first. Note that this solution is the same for outlook.com mail as hotmail.com mail.

Thanks for your support.

Hello all,

I figured out a very quick and easy way to update your contacts to iCloud. Originally, my contacts were unknowingly updating to my hotmail account; therefore not updating on all of my devices. Here is what I did:

1. Download the free iPhone app "PhoneSwappr". This app lets you upload your contacts to their cloud for 7 days.

2. Upload your contacts and save the code they give you. I just took a screenshot.

3. In the iPhone settings, I went to the mail, contacts, calendars tab and made iCloud my default account. This was the main culprit to the problem. I also unchecked the contacts sync from my hotmail account which deleted my contacts from my phone.

4. I went to the contacts app and looked to see that my hotmail group was gone. (click on the groups tab in the top left hand corner of your iPhone screen.) I only saw my iCloud account and my Facebook account. I only left the iCloud checked, and only the iCloud contacts appeared (so in my case I had no contacts).

5. I went back to the PhoneSwappr app and downloaded my contacts with the key code they previously provided.

6. Return to the contacts app and your contacts will be updated. check in the groups tab that iCloud is the only one checked and if the contacts appear with just iCloud, then transfer worked.

7. Uncheck the contacts box in the iCloud settings but do not delete the contacts from your phone. Let them save to your iPhone and then recheck the selection. This will update your iCloud contacts.

I hope this helps!

Sarwaro,

After some 48 hours of non-stop internet research and countless experimental processes, procedures and shenanigans from 'all over the globe' and help websites...your suggestion worked a treat in less than a minute!!

Many thanks and major props!!

DMC

zahidf1 - that worked perfectly for me, thanks so much for sharing this easy fix

WORKED PERFECT! THNX 😀

I have been trying to figure this issue out for a very long while.. Thank you so much!!